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2009 District Annual Meeting
May 1-2, 2009
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jersey City NJ
Turning Outward . . . Acting on Faith |
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Keynote Address: The Rev. Meg Riley |
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The Rev. Meg A. Riley was raised Unitarian
Universalist in Charleston WV and Akron OH. She received her call to the
ministry while caring for abused children in a residential facility. She
attended United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, graduating with a
Masters of Religious Studies in 1987. During and after seminary, she worked in
three congregations as Director of Religious Education. In 1989, Riley joined
the UUA staff in Boston as Youth Programs Director. She has also served the UUA
as Director of Lesbian, Bisexual Gay Concerns (1991-1994) and Director of the
Washington Office (1994-2001) before assuming her current position as Director
of Advocacy and Witness Programs in 2001. Currently, Riley is president of Faith
in Public Life: A Resource Center for Justice and the Common Good. She has also
served on the boards of the Interfaith Alliance, Equal Partners in Faith,
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Interfaith Workers for
Justice, and on the steering committees of dozens of national coalitions. In
2004, Riley was thrilled to return home to the prairie, from where she now
telecommutes to work. She lives with her partner of 19 years, visual artist
Kendrick Wronski, and their 12-year-old daughter. Riley is an avid gardener and
increasingly interested in the intersections between poverty, justice, and
gardening. |
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The Rev. Meg
Riley, UUA Director of Advocacy and Witness
Programs, will deliver the keynote address,
“A People So Bold: Theologies of Justice,”
on Saturday morning. |
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And on Friday Night:
Exit 43 |
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Four talented members of the Unitarian Church in
Westport (CT), Exit 43 combines original folk-rock, gospel, and spiritual songs
with three-part harmonies to create music that “promotes awareness and conscious
participation in making our world a better place for all to live. We hope that
these songs will inspire you to a life of more hope, authenticity, connection
and love.” Scarlett Lee Moore was twice voted Fairfield County Connecticut’s
Best Blues Performer. Andy “A.J.” Gundell has won 11 Emmy awards for his
successes in television as a songwriter, singer, composer, and music supervisor.
Ed Thompson is Minister of Music at the Unitarian Church in Westport, directing
nine choirs, and has appeared three times in Carnegie Hall. Suzanne M. Sheridan
is a past winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. |
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will be the featured guests on Friday night.
From left: Scarlett Lee Moore, Andy “A.J.”
Gundell, Ed Thompson, and Suzanne M.
Sheridan |
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